Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Jimmy A. Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

University. Ms. Kurr completed her Spanish Business Certificate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Energy Science and Engineering from the University of Tennessee’s Bredesen Center. In her free time, Ms. Kurr sits on the Standard Technical Panel for Underwriters Laboratories UL-746 (polymer materials) and serves as a professional development facilitator for Tau Beta Pi’s – The Engineering Honor Society – Engineering Futures Program and the National Science Foundation-funded CyberAmbassadors Program.Mr. Jimmy A. Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle Mr. Landmesser has 14 years of experience as a fire protection, nuclear and systems engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Upon

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1: Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Joseph White, Queen's University

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Diversity

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, worked as a technician in Harvard’s Underwater Sound Laboratory in 1944-45 and as a library assistant in the Ordnance Research Laboratory at Penn State in 1945-46. A. S.Gaylord, Jr., the College Librarian at Texas Tech, was the head of the Industrial LaboratoryLibrary at the Mare Island (California) Naval Yard from 1943-45. William S. Dix, ChiefLibrarian at the Rice Institute in Houston in 1949, worked as a research associate in the RadioResearch Laboratory (RRL) at Harvard University from 1944-46. The RRL was a secret researchprogram organized by the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). Dix receivedhis PhD in English from the University of Chicago in 1946 and taught English courses at Rice. In1953, he became the University

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Sarah Barbrow, University of Michigan; Paul Grochowski, University of Michigan; Luesoni Kuck, University of Michigan

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exchanged between researchers, although they have notbeen easily searchable or available to the public until the early days of the internet.First established at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1991, the pioneering arXiv repositoryenabled the sharing of high-energy physics preprints [13]. This open access platform is nowhoused at Cornell University. arXiv paved the way for the proliferation of other preprintrepositories across disciplines over the subsequent three decades, such as bioRxiv and medRxiv[14].These repositories are excellent at featuring recently-posted articles but lack optimization forsearching with specific syntax and facet limiting, which engineering librarians are accustomed todoing.In the last five years, traditional subscription

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Cox, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa

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. This user experience studywill be used to make decisions around space designs and services offered in the library.Defining of Goals and TermsThe Lichtenberger Engineering Library is a branch library embedded in the University of IowaCollege of Engineering. The College of Engineering consists of six academic departments andover twenty research laboratory sites. Undergraduate enrollment is around 1700, approximately275 graduate students, and 110 faculty members [3]. This project started with the questions of“are we meeting the needs of those we serve?” and “are we using our resources and spaceeffectively?” However, as the conversations progressed there was no straightforward way toanswer those questions and one of the first major hurdles was to

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Lis Pankl, Mississippi State University

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enough space until the library's renovation. Build upon excellence in undergraduate programming – the university has a reputation for producing outstanding graduates who excel in the industries that hire them. However, there are ways (such as those outlined above regarding experiential learning) that allow students to learn job-ready skill sets. As space for laboratories in academic buildings is at a premium, the library is offering access to better fulfil this demand. One additional component of this is in the institutional expansion of student success programs. Key aspects that the colleges are instituting to improve student academic performance include early intervention of university staff (some are from new

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Hebah Emara, New York University ; Amanda He, New York University ; Lindsay Anderberg, New York University ; Samuel R. Putnam, New York University

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.2304.06122.[9] G. Kortemeyer, “Could an Artificial-Intelligence agent pass an introductory physics \ course?,” 2023, doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2301.12127.[10] C. Elder, G. Pozek, S. Horine, A. Tripaldelli, and B. Butka, “Can Artificial Intelligence Pass a Sophomore Level Digital Design Laboratory?,” in SoutheastCon 2023, Orlando, FL, USA: IEEE, Apr. 2023, pp. 861–868. doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon51012.2023.10115116.[11] S. Bordt and U. von Luxburg, “ChatGPT Participates in a Computer Science Exam,” 2023, doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2303.09461.[12] S. Fergus, M. Botha, and M. Ostovar, “Evaluating Academic Answers Generated Using ChatGPT,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 1672–1675, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 3: Instruction & Information Literacy

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Jodi Bolognese, Northeastern University

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than was seen with theundergraduates. This is consistent with previous findings showing that graduate students did wellwith gathering quality sources but not as well with evaluating or synthesizing that research in ameaningful way [15], [17].By the time they are eligible to take this course, most undergraduate students from NortheasternUniversity have had 1-2 writing intensive laboratory classes, a first-year module on how to uselibrary sources, and a class in technical writing in the discipline. Additionally, some of thestudents have already taken Capstone Design, which requires them to write a rather lengthyreport and use literature information to guide their design. The undergraduate students are alsooverwhelmingly domestic students, which

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Diversity

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Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dawson, Northern Arizona University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity

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required orsupplementary materials for their course. These choices are often protected by academic freedompolicies [3].In particular, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical sciences (STEM)courses may rely heavily on IM, such as textbooks, to augment lecture and laboratory learningactivities and lectures. Textbooks are often content-rich and may have substantial onlineresources to assist learners and support instruction [2]. However, there are a myriad of additionalinformation resources available to supplement or replace textbooks, and these might bepurchased by students, provided by faculty (e.g. course reserves), provided through universityand college libraries, or be Open Access or Open Educational Resources (OER) that

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Glasgow, University of Nevada, Reno

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tovarious engineering disciplines by providing tours through campus engineering laboratories,presentations from faculty members and engaging in camp-led engineering design challenges.The DeLaMare Library Makerspace at the University of Nevada, Reno provides access tomaking equipment and tools for students, faculty, staff and community members. While thespace is primarily used by university students, the makerspace staff works closely with K-12University-led programs during the summer months to provide activities for camp participants.These activities utilize hands on learning as the students engage with makerspace competenciesand machinery. Connections to campus K-12 programs strengthen campus partnerships andsupport the universities' objective of